Janskis

Now it finally has all the major work done. Cerakote on all metal parts. Only thing left to do is to find black screws for the thumbrest. Two sided optic mount and thumbrest are custom parts.

I have basically the same load: Alsa 124gr FMJ RN, 8.6 grs of 3N38 from an old STI matchmaster with a 4,25" barrel but I'm getting barely an average of 163 PF. Now I'm having a Brazos 5" barrel with TC2 cuts. Any suggestions on how much to use 3N38? Just by looking at the post above, 8.6 grs might be way too much. Just looking for a ballpark start. Maybe 8.2?

I ended up with a Brazos barrel and slide. I'll just need to get some paperwork done here and then the gunsmith can get on with his magic. I'll post pictures of the finished product here

Thanks for confirming! Sounds like there is no point whatsoever to order a slide all the way from the US then. I'll do some digging if I can find an equivalent slide from Europe.

Can anyone confirm this? Sounds like a pretty bold statement

In any case, I am buying a bald, untouched unique slide so the lightening will be done here. Thus lightening profiles do not matter at this point.

Living in Finland makes my options limited, but currently my options for a 5" 9 major open gun slide seem to be Atlas vs Brazos. Atlas is out of stock at SSI and Brazos is in stock. What's the opinion here, should I just order the Brazos slide or wait for the Atlas to come back to stock? One local smith said he didn't really like working with Brazos parts and that's the only thing I've really heard about them. I have a Brazos 5" barrel coming as well, since it was basically the only one-piece compensator available.

I own three SLB's because I think that is the best holster I've used. If the everglades comes even close, it's still far ahead of any other competition

Well it is illegal only if the invention is patented or the design is protected. Otherwise it's free game, legally. Morally it's a whole another story

Does anyone know what is the thread size and pitch of the default screws on the non Legion x5 for holding the rear sight in its place? I normally deal with metric and these appear to be imperial...

SLB Gen 1 for me. I've got the gen2 for PD but I somehow like the gen 1 better. I know SLB personally and it's nice to buy these from a local store

That's interesting! I wonder if it can be fixed by changing the safety lever or something similar. Mine started doing it again after being fouled after shooting. This is the first time it does this just from fouling. Haven't yet cleaned to see if mine stops.

Any progress?

Sure, any looseness in the trigger group could create unwanted effects. I just fully disassembled my FCU again and polished all contacting surfaces. After assembly I got the double reset again and almost lost my mind trying to replicate the issue with the slide off, but wasn't able to and wasn't able to find the culprit part. Then I thought to add a few drops of oil to lessen the problem since I assembled it dry. Well, the double reset was gone. A good reminder that guns are not meant to run dry.

I wasn't trying to claim you weren't right, I was willing to learn. After re-reading the rule, I can confirm that nothing there says it should be a reshoot.